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The truck is a 2500 4X4 SLT used to tow a 9400 lb Travel Trailer. GM rates the combined towing weight as 15000 lb, but we are 15600 according to scales. Truck tows the load very readily, but consumes gas at about 7-8 miles per gal. Mileage empty highway is 15 and around town 12. Due to heavy weight, I run the rear tires at 80 psi for towing (hard ride when unloaded). Run 50 psi at all other times. Braking would be better with 4 wheel disc brakes.

Installed K&N Air Filter and Flowmaster muffler with twin pipes. Combination did add some power to truck.

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Once all those problems were fixed, the truck has been a dream. It fits all our purposes of buying it in the first place.

This truck has just about made an auto mechanic out of me. The web pages have helped me with fixing all those problems and saving a fortune in repairs. So, it turned out that instead of the previous owner ripping me off... I got a good deal.

19th Mar 2006, 23:13

You got only 9-10MPG out of your 6.5 turbo diesel Automatic? That doesn't sound right! I have a 6.2L diesel and it got 16 MPG when running bad with a bad transmission, about 22MPG normal. Your 6.5 should get 9-10MPG while pulling thousands of pounds behind it in the city going through a hundred redlights in a row 300 feet from each other. A 6.5L diesel should get about 18MPG normally on the highway.